HAVANA - The second in command of "interior order" at the Cienfuego province
prison Ariza beat a handcuffed prisoner May 7 in the presence of several
other prison officials. The beaten inmate, of cell block seven, is
Hediberto Núñez Hernández. He suffered cuts on both wrists due to the
beating on the handcuffs disabling him.

The information was forwarded by the Political Prisoners Movement at Ariza,
in Las Villas. The data said the punishment of Núñez Hernández was
witnessed also by the prison chiefs of re-education and interior order.